26.12.1938 (85 years) (Tangier, Morocco)
José Luis Alcaine (born 26 December 1938) is a Spanish born cinematographer. Educated in Tangier's he was the first cinematographer to use fluorescent tube as key lighting in the 1970s. He has worked on films such as Belle Époque (Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1993), Two Much (1995), Blast from the Past (1999) and The Skin I Live In (2011). He won the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer for Volver. His enormous cinematographic work has been rewarded with five Goya Awards for the best photography of a total of eighteen nominations. On 18 February 2019, he received the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes.